Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopping
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Forever Goldy® Arborvitae grows quickly while maintaining a tight, pyramidal form without pruning.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Kirby told employees earlier in March that the airline is preparing for oil to stay above $100 a barrel through 2027 and is pruning some of its flights in the near term.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Start by trimming the tough, dry ends off the bunch and chop them into little logs.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Apr. 2026
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Get a hedge-and-branch trimming bundle at a huge discount.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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The war for attention has led to a boom in clipping, with some creators vying for a Netflix-billboards-on-Sunset-level land grab.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
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Such a determination would require new radiocarbon dating that overturns the original results, which would involve clipping and destroying another snippet of shroud—a step that the Vatican is unlikely to allow.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Great Again movement approve of the Hungarian leader’s opposition to immigration, curtailing of LGBTQ+ rights, and capture of the media and academia.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Over more than 50 years, each new presidential administration has reassessed the place of spaceflight among its priorities, either encouraging or curtailing NASA’s efforts to return humans to the lunar surface.—
Emily A. Margolis,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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The designer notes that the process of paring things back was a welcome challenge.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2026
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The largest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 5% to $72,841, its highest level since March 18, in New York trading, before paring some of the gain.—
Melos Ambaye,
Bloomberg,
8 Apr. 2026
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Another feature of the exhibit showcases photos with editorial marks on cropping and how the photographs were used to record major events and everyday life in Black communities.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
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The results indicate that techniques such as cropping images so models focus their attention on relevant regions and applying reinforcement learning for reasoning can minimize hallucinations in VLMs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2026
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Mythos is not simply good at finding vulnerabilities, Graham said, but also at chaining them together into complicated exploits that can be devastating hacking tools.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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The hacking group appears to have exploited vulnerabilities in a system used by the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, enabling the group to make off with nearly 340,000 files, according to the sources familiar with the case.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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But with the best players in the world nipping at his Nikes, McIlroy proved otherwise.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Tired of the nipping Chihuahuas’ defense against him, Jokic let the official have it early on, getting a technical.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Lopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopping. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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